Visitors will no longer be able to tour and meet the patients at an Ottawa bird sanctuary due to an overwhelming increase in the number of visitors and injured birds. - Debbie Lawes, Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care CentreAfter two decades of having an open-door policy, visitors will only be able to enter the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre's resource room — which is home to only one living creature named Coco, a duck who lives in and waddles around the centre. Visitors will only be able to roam through the hospital to see the large variety of wild birds, including owls, seagulls, eagles and chickadees, until Sunday. Because of the increase in bird patients and the number of visitors, staff are finding it difficult to navigate the crowded hallways and access cages and rooms. "We're here to sneak in a visit before they stop having the public in," said Robin Vaughan, who was visiting the centre Monday.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2018 11:22 UTC